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Submission to the Third party certification of food Enquiry

Halal means what
is permissible under Sharia which is Islamic law. It does not just apply to
foods and beverages but every aspect of life. If something is halal it is part
of Islam. Making things, foods, actions etc halal means they become part of
Islam.

Halal is the
process by which Islam replaces the social, economic, political and legal
structure of a host society.

Other ways Islam
subsumes the host society are through the building of Mosques and visible
symbols such as the burqa.

There are over 370
mosques in Australia which, per capita, is more than six times the number of
Buddhist and Hindu temples. It is much more than the conventional (sic)
religions such as Catholicism and Anglicanism. The Prime Minister of Turkey,
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated:

In 2014 the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld France’s banning of the
burqa. In addition to the principles found by France the ECHR also found the
burqa was an an affront to the country's
tenets of secularism and a security risk, preventing the accurate
identification of individuals.

The building of Mosques and the
wearing of the burqa as well as food certification are part of the halal
process.

Section 116
of the Australian Constitution says:

The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing
any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the
free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a
qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.

Section 116
has four limbs. The first three limbs prohibit the Commonwealth from making
certain laws: laws "for establishing any religion"; laws "for
imposing any religious observance"; and laws "for prohibiting the
free exercise of any religion". The fourth limb proscribes the imposition
of religious tests to qualify for any Commonwealth office or public trust.

Islam is a
particular religion. Halal certification is the process by which Islam
establishes itself. In Quick and Garran (1995) [1901]. The
Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth. Sydney: Legal Books.
ISBN1-86316-071-Xestablishment means "the erection and recognition of a State Church,
or the concession of special favours, titles, and advantages to one church
which are denied to others."

Allowing
halal to continue could be construed as conceding special favours, titles and advantages to Islam.

It would
seem that there are 2 possible legal principles affronted by halal. The first
is described by the French banning of the burqa. The second is described by
S.116.

Sir Henry Fraser has an impressive CV.
Barbados' newest knight, retired university professor, Dr. Henry Fraser, received the Accolade of Knight of St. Andrew, in the 2014 Independence Day Hours. Sir Henry Fraser was named as a result of The Knighthood of St. Andrew being bestowed on him for his outstanding contribution to the medical profession and representation of Barbadian culture, especially in the area of its architectural history.Sir Henry, a medical practitioner by profession, has worked for many years as a lecturer in medicine at the University of the West Indies and now serves as an Independent Senator in the Barbados Parliament where he has gained an outstanding reputation for his work on the historic treasures of Barbados.

He has received a plethora of other awards, including the UWI’s Pelican Award, Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International and the Gold Crown of Merit (GCM) in the Barbados Honours of 1992.